Improvement in dbay-saddle



JOHN eMAHoN'Y, 0F SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,

Letters Patent No. 77,310, dated lprz't 28, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT' IN BRAY-SADDLE.

ethz .rlphule rrerreh tu in there ettm @anni une making putt of thesame?!l TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONQERN y Be it known that I, JOHN OMAONY, ofSavannah, in the county offy Chatham, and State of Georgia, haveinventeil a new and improved Dray-Saddle; and I do h erehy declare thatthe following is ,a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilled in the avt to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecication.

This invention consists in a novel construction of the saddle, rwherebyVit may'be made to conform to the rshape of the bach oi' the horse, anda very durable saddle of thc kind specified obtained, and one which willnot chafe or injure the horse in the least.

In the-accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a side view of myinvention. Figure?, a front view pf the same. v A Figure 3, atransverse-section of'a portion ci' the seme, taken in the line ze,g. 1. Similar letters of referenee'indiecte corresponding ports.

A represents the exterior portion of the saddle, which is constructed ofheavy leather, elevated in front, very similar to a militaryriding-saddle. I'

B is u. wooden grooved bar, secured t0 the outer side of A, and 'groovedlongitudinally, to receive the chain which lsupports the thills of thedray. v

To the under side of tho leather, A, nt cach sido of the same, there aresecured bcvollcd'bloeks* C C, one e`-which is shown clearly in tig. 3.These blocks are bevellod so as to increase in thickness from theirupper edges downward. These bevelled blocks give a proper shape to thepads D, and cause the same to conform to the shape of the beck of diehorse, the pods D being secured over' the blocks, and the latter keepingthe former in proper shape, as will be fully understood by referring tog. B. I

Pads for (hay-saddles, when constructed in' the best possible manner,soon get out i proper shape, they nre subjected tose much weight; andthis, in eonneetion'with the perspiration from th animal, causes thepads lo lntlen :ind become hard, so that they will injure the hvsa. Theblocks C, however, retain the pads in proper shape, and render thesaddle easy and comfortable for tl horse until the former is entirelyworn out.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a ray-saddle,the-hevelled blocks C C, secnredto the leather eovoringA, n combinationwith the pads D and grooved bar B, said blocks C being "secured tothe'pads at their centres, for the purpose of preventing such pads fromflattening upon lthe back of the animal, angler the weight of the dray,as herein shown and described. l y

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this thirteenthdy'of September, 1867.

' JOHN OMAHONY. Witnesses:

WILLIAM WALLACE, l Josera Homme,

U. SPAIN Vssveav.

